The latest CIPA numbers



CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):

March 2024 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB

March was a great month for the industry.  Much is up compared to January and February and also compared to March of 2023.  Only DSLR’s are down year-to-date.

CIPA has predicted 5.89m ILCs, 1.52m compacts and 9.57m lenses for calendar 2024.  Based on 2023 shipping patterns, ILC’s could conceivably come in at 7.1m.

Mirrorless now takes 82.5% of ILC units and 91.8% of ILC shipped value.

That compares to:*

2023: 6.001 million bodies (+1.25%), 9.639 million lenses (-0.92%).

2022: 5.927 million bodies (+10.8%), 9.7 million lenses (+1.6%).

2021: 5.348 million bodies (+0.75%), 9.55 million lenses (+6.1%)

2020: 5.308 million bodies (-37.3%), 9 million lenses (-36.6%)

2019: 8.462 million bodies (-21.4%), 14.2 million lenses (-21.1%)

2018: 10.76 million bodies (-7.9%), 18 million lenses (-6.4%)

2017: 11.68 million bodies (+0.6%) 19.22 million lenses (+0.156%)

2016: 11.61 million bodies (-11.1%), 19.19 million lenses (-11.6%)

2015: 13.06 million bodies (-5.6%), 21.7 million lenses (-5.2%)

2014: 13.84 million bodies (-19.2%), 22.9 million lenses (-14.2%)

2013: 17.13 million bodies (-15%), 26.7 million lenses (-12.2%)

2012: 20.16 million bodies (+28.5%), 30.4 million lenses (+16.9%)

2011: 15.69 million bodies (+21.7%), 26.0 million lenses (+19.9%)

2010: 12.89 million bodies (+30%), 21.69 million lenses (+34.7%)

2009: 9.91 million bodies (+2.2%), 16.1 million lenses (+2.5%)

2008: 9.7 million bodies (+17.4%), 15.7 million lenses (+25.6%)

2007: 8.26 million bodies, 12.5 million lenses

*Bodies = ILC bodies

March 2024:  Cumulative Units & Shipped Value:

(All comparisons to YTD 2023)

DSLR Units : 217.1K -10% YTD

DSLR Shipped Value: ¥10.8 billion -3% YTD

Mirrorless Units: 1022K +28% YTD

Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥121.7 billion +33% YTD

Compact Units: 392K +8% YTD

Compact Shipped Value: ¥20.38 billion +41% YTD

Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensors Units: 1052K +17% YTD

Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensor Shipped Value: ¥21.7 billion +33% YTD

Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Units: 983.9K +9% YTD

Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Shipped Value: ¥81.7 billion +20% YTD

Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 82.5% (was 76.7% YTD 2023)

Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 91.8% (was 89.1% YTD 2023)

The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.64 for YTD 2024.  (was 1.73 for YTD 2023).

Full-year 2024 Geographic Share: (Asia doesn’t include China or Japan)

DSLR:

Units:                   China 14.9%, Asia 07.1%, Japan 4.0%, Europe 33.2%, Americas 39.2%, Other 1.6%

Shipped Value: China 15.8%, Asia 08.8%, Japan 4.8%, Europe 29.0%, Americas 40.2%, Other 1.3%

Mirrorless:

Units:                   China 25.8%, Asia 17.0%, Japan 09.9%, Europe 19.3%, Americas 24.3%, Other 3.7%

Shipped Value: China 27.5%, Asia 16.8%, Japan 08.3%, Europe 18.1%, Americas 24.5%, Other 4.7%

Compacts:

Units:                   China 08.8%, Asia 11.6%, Japan 22.6%, Europe 21.6%, Americas 30.6%, Other 4.9%

Shipped Value: China 12.8%, Asia 14.4%, Japan 13.6%, Europe 23.5%, Americas 30.3%, Other 5.4%

Lenses:

Units:                   China 21.4%, Asia 15.3%, Japan 10.6%, Europe 23.0%, Americas 26.1%, Other 3.5%

Shipped Value: China 26.3%, Asia 16.3%, Japan 10.0%, Europe 20.6%, Americas 22.3%, Other 4.6%

Approximate shipped value per unit (at ¥155.64=$1):

DSLR: $302

Mirrorless: $765

Compact: $334

Lenses: $326

A list of participating CIPA companies can be found here.

Via NikonRumors, PhotoRumors